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What are the idiom stories about music?

Besieged on all sides

After the fall of the Qin Dynasty, Xiang Yu of Western Chu, the most powerful anti-Qin general, and Liu Bang, the king of Han, fought for power for five years. In the last year of the war, Liu Bang, together with Han Xin, Peng Yue and others, pursued Xiang Yu and besieged him in Haixia. At this time, Xiang Yu's army was running out and his food and fodder were running out. The troops of Liu Bang and the princes surrounded him inside and outside. Several floors outside. In the middle of the night, he suddenly heard Chu folk songs being sung in the Han camps on all sides. Xiang Yu was shocked and said: "The Han army has occupied all Chu, right? Then why are there so many people in Chu?" In fact, the Han army here As a strategy, he deliberately sang Chu songs to scare Xiang Yu and shake his military morale. Nowadays, this idiom is often used to describe being surrounded on all sides, being isolated and helpless, being in a desperate situation, and being attacked from all sides.

Indiscriminate use of the yu to make up the number

During the Warring States Period, King Xuan of Qi loved to listen to the yu playing, but he did not like to listen to solos. He preferred to have 300 musicians playing the yu together, which would sound too hidden. After knowing this, a gentleman from Nanguo also came to see King Qi Xuan carrying a Yu and asked to play the Yu for King Qi Xuan. King Qi Xuan was very happy. But this Mr. Nan Guo didn't play the Yu at all. Every time he played, he would hold the Yu with both hands, his cheeks bulging, his face flushed, pretending to be working hard, and shaking his head from time to time. In fact, he didn't play the Yu at all. The sound comes. Sometimes the pretense was too much, and one or two harsh high-pitched sounds would suddenly come out. He always said they were played by himself. In this way, this fake musician enjoyed the same high treatment as other musicians. Later, King Xuan of Qi died and his son King Qi succeeded to the throne. King Qi also liked to listen to Yu playing, but unlike his father, he liked to listen to solos. He asked three hundred musicians to play one by one. At this time, Mr. Nanguo knew that he could no longer survive, so he quietly escaped.

Both the people and the piano died

Wang Xizhi, the famous calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty of my country, had two sons. The eldest son was Wang Ziyou (Wang Huizhi), and the second son Wang Zijing (Wang Xianzhi) . The two brothers have been inseparable since childhood and share the same love as brothers. They studied and studied together, and later they fell ill together. After Wang Xianzhi died of illness, Wang Huizhi went to his home to mourn. After entering the mourning hall, he first sat on the funeral bed and cried bitterly. When he saw the piano played by his younger brother lying aside, he was moved by the scene and took the piano to play, but he could never tune the strings properly. So he threw the Qin to the ground and said sadly: "Zijing, Zijing, you and the Qin are both lost." This idiom means that both the person and the Qin are gone. Later, it was used to express the sight of an old friend. The relics touch the scene and evoke emotions.